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Central Coast Bushwalk

Strickland Bottom to Top (5km)

A 5km walk combining the Ridge to Rainforest and Cabbage Tree tracks with diverse bush and beautiful waterways.

At a glance

Distance
5km
Ascent
120m
Dogs
Yes, off leash
Toilets
Yes
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This my favourite walk in strickland, it crosses some beautiful waterways, several different kinds of bush and gets your heart rate up. This is a combination of the Ridge to Rainforest track and the Cabbage Tree Track. Expect stunning rainforest at the bottom with trickling streams and dryer forest with lovely red angophoras at the top.

Walk directions

  1. Start at the end bottom of Strickland Forest Road, head to the east of the car park (or to the right as the car has come down the hill): -33.379911, 151.324997 Google Maps Link
  2. Cross the road and head up to Banksia Picnic Area: -33.37169959153029, 151.32154226303103 Google Maps Link
  3. At Baksia Picnic Area, at the end of the picnic area head south or left along the path: -33.3736528195072, 151.32291555404666 Google Maps Link
  4. Turn left down the hill: -33.375570165777965, 151.32293701171878 Google Maps Link
  5. Turn left back towards the carpark -33.37985268377522, 151.3241815567017 Google Maps Link
Trail marker sign for the Ridge to Rainforest track featuring an eastern dwarf tree frog
Moss covered sandstone boulders and a trickling creek in Strickland rainforest
Narrow dirt track through ferns and cabbage tree palms with a coiled vine
Glossy bird's nest fern fronds beside the Strickland forest track
Dog looking out over Strickland bushland canopy from a rock ledge at dusk
Close up of a large pale mushroom's gills on the forest floor
Dirt trail beside a tall smooth barked tree above a mossy rocky gully
Sunlit trail through tall eucalypts and grass trees on the Strickland walk
Timber plank footbridge crossing mossy boulders on the Strickland track
Leaf littered path flanked by dense ferns in Strickland State Forest
Dappled sunlight through cabbage tree palms lining the forest track
Tree fern fronds fanning over a mossy rock gully beside the trail
Trail squeezed between two towering pale tree trunks under blue sky
Cabbage tree palm grove with a sunlit dirt path winding through
Sunlit track through tall cabbage tree palms and ferny undergrowth
Winding forest path beneath a canopy of cabbage tree palms

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This walk is on Darkinjung country. Good Architect acknowledges the Darkinjung people as the Traditional Custodians of this land and we pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging. Darkinjung Land Council.